U.S. urges Syria Pull troops

World News - Syria urged the U.S. government withdraw its troops from the province of Hama in the central part of the country, amid rising tensions in recent days, said U.S. State Department on Tuesday (5 / 7) local time.

U.S. urges Syria Pull troops

"The Syrian government expressed interest in a dialogue but at the same strike and held a military force in Hama, where demonstrations have been run peacefully, and continue the attack along the border with Turkey," said a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, Victoria Nuland.

"We urge the Syrian government to immediately stop the intimidation and arrest of this action, pulling his security forces from Hama and other big cities, and allow Syrians to voice their opinions freely so that a pure transition to democracy can take place," says Nuland told reporters, as reported by Xinhua .

Nuland said that a week earlier that the pests are positive examples in Syria, "where permitted peaceful demonstrations were held, and the people hold each other as well as organize and conduct meetings talks". However, "Today, we see Hama surrounded by Syrian security forces. So, we walked in the wrong direction," Nuland said Tuesday.

The unrest in the province of Hama, Syria middle, increases, while the young protesters blocking roads and sabotaging various installations, a newspaper reported the country's private sector, al-Watan said on Tuesday.

Protesters, mostly aged between 15 and 25 years, blocking all roads to the town of Hama and burn the trash and old tires.

Al-Watan newspaper quoted residents that elevated state of dissatisfaction triggered by demonstrators against the sacking of the governor of Hama and arrest rioters by security officers.